Writer's Workshop--Sleep, Shmeep

So I mentioned that when we did Writer's Workshop during baby month that I would do a little tweaking. I didn't get permission from Kat to do that, but she's really nice and pretty and skinny (flattery never hurts) and I don't think she'll mind. To read the original prompts and to link up be sure to visit Mama's Losin' It.

The Prompts:

1.) Describe something, pregnancy related, that your husband has done that you are proud of.

My husband caught both my babies. Asa had the cord around his neck, and Jeff with complete control, unwound the cord. I never even knew the cord was around Asa's neck, Jeff worked so quickly and efficiently. (A cord around the baby's neck is not an emergency but is just a variation of normal...that does NOT mean people don't freak out though.) Then both times, handed me my baby and let me declare the gender, even though with Asa he already knew he had a boy.

2.) Tell me your most humorous birth experience.

I have to say that there isn't a whole lot of funny business going on when I'm giving birth. However, Jeff did tell me something that makes us all laugh. With Asa I was induced because of pre-eclampsia. The nurse was in the room when my water broke but I didn't say anything. For me, when my water breaks it's a matter of minutes before I feel the urge to push. I told Jeff as soon as she was gone. Sure enough, just a minute or two later I started feeling a slight pushing urge. Tiny, practice pushes. Before long, I was pushing and out POPPED Asa and a tidal wave of water. Jeff said if his mouth would have been open it would have been filled with amniotic fluid. As it was, he had to jump back from being soaked.

3.) 10 reasons why your pregnancy is keeping you up at night.

4.) Describe an experience from a previous birth that you wish you could shake from your memory.

Being in the hospital. SHUDDER.

5.) Write a love letter to your unborn (or not conceived) baby.

Isn't this sweet?

I love you, baby. Don't give me pre-eclampisa again. Come home soon. Bye.

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10 reasons why your pregnancy is keeping you up at night.

1. I'm as fat as a hippopotamus.


2. The hip I lay on starts to hurt after about an hour of sleeping, so I have to turn to the other side.

3. Turning to the other side, when your as fast as a hippo, is not as easy as one may think. It takes a lot of time and energy to make it around.


4. I have to reposition my body pillow when I turn over. I have to stretch and pull the blanket to cover myself and Asa up, along with the body pillow.

(photo from Furniture Fashion)

5. Most nights I'm sweating and don't need the blanket at all and am too hot to sleep.



6. I have round ligament pains if I don't put my belly on the pillow while I sleep. But if I do put my belly on the pillow, it takes twice as long to get situated.

7. Restless leg.

(photo from Time)

8. Heartburn. OH MY GOODNESS.

9. Thirst.


10. And the TOP reason I don't get enough sleep every night:

I have to pee!



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